Erroneous National News Report Of Hate Crime Investigation Causes Turmoil

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Erroneous National News Report Of Hate Crime Investigation Causes Turmoil
Chris Facchini, Reporter  

Lewiston [Maine] has once again been thrust into the national spotlight after city officals say an error-laden news report about a potential anti-Muslim hate crime migrated to national television.

According to the city, a hate crime investigation at Lewiston Middle School was parodied on an Associated Press look-alike website, complete with fake quotes from the school superintendent.

The Lewiston Sun Journal is reporting that the fake story then aired as fact on a national Fox broadcast.

The first line of that story reads: "A middle school student in Lewiston, Maine is being investigated for a hate crime after he placed a bag containing a ham sandwich on a table where Somali students eat lunch."   http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=58751

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 On TV's "Law & Order" they often say that a good prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich.

Someone almost got their chance.

 

 

 

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